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Lady Murasaki - I first saw this in the book Hannibal. I wasn't aware she was a real person. Evidently, many credit her with writing the first novel.

The memories of long love
Gather like drifting snow.
Poignant as the mandarin ducks
Who float side by side in sleep.

Stephen Crane - I liked The Red Badge of Courage and was very interested in his poetry:

In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
Who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,
And ate of it.
I said, "Is it good, friend?"
"It is bitter – bitter", he answered,
"But I like it
Because it is bitter,
And because it is my heart."

Kurt Corbain - This pretty much sums up his angst right before he blew his brains out with a shotgun.

She eyes me like a Pisces when I am weak
I've been locked inside your heart-shaped box for weeks
I was drawn into your magnet tar-pit trap
I wish I could eat your cancer when you turn black

Hey!
Wait!
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice

Meat-eating orchids forgive no one just yet
Cut myself on angel hair and baby's breath
Broken hymen of your highness, I'm left black
Throw down your umbilical noose so I can climb right back

Hey!
Wait!
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice